Arizona silver belt., 1887-06-11
Gifts to the PObe

Rome Correspondence of Boston Pilot.l , The gifts to Leo. XIII. sent, oi abou
 to. be sent, on the occasion of his jubi
 Lse, are of great interest and cont
 from, every country The ring al
 ready presented from the Sultan Q
 Turksy fs estimated at S59.000. The Empress of China has announced hel intention of sending jewel of great value. Victoria of England will send copy of the Latin Yhlgate, richly bound. The diocese of Lyons will send a chasuble embroidered in gald and silk on a white ground with tfi5 arms of the city of Lyons and those foi the Pope, accompanied by the apocal- yptic words: aEcee v1eet Leo de .tri- bu Juda." The diocese of Df75i sends marble statue of St. Bernard, and the diocese of Puy. one of Notre Dame de France, with 5 lace alb of special richness. Soissons, celebrated for the manufacture of mirrors, will send a specimen of its workmanship, Rouen an alb of Alencon lace, and Beauvais choiee piece of tapestry, Rheims will offer 9 splendid carpet wrought by se- ciet@ ladies; Tours, Mines, Bordeaux, Amiens, Cambral, Besancon, etc, will all send specimens of their special productions. Tarbes will offer a petite artistic reproduction of the grotto of Lourdesp aid ths BiMio- gtathie Society of Paris, a master piece of French printing The veli- gious of the abbey of Notre Dame de Lerins have undertaken the produc- tion, in one volume, of the Magnifcat Tn 150 languages, each page being framed in colcrs and having splendid :iAustfations. Col. Charette has called upon the pontifcial zouayes in all countries to be represented in the Va tican on this occasion. The City of Paris has decided to g1ye, as its prin- cipal offering, a magnificent tiara formed of gold and silver adorned with sapphires and other precious 5t6hes, all in the most artistic manner wrOugbS from the designs and under the direction of Froment Meurice. Naples proposes to present his Holi- ness with a golden throne. The 2750 parishes of Belgium will each offer a special gilt. independently of the.gifts sent by dioesses, schools, circles: col Ieges, etc. The German Catholics will send collection of all the scientific and literary works published in the German language during the pontIf- cate of Leo XIII. It tis calculated that this collection will consist of 10000 elegantly bound volumes, constituting a special library in itself, and accom- panied by an elaborate catalogue. Among other works to bs sent by Hol- land is an. altar ia Various colored woods. Students in seminaI1es are contributing for the erection of a monument to St. Thomas Aquinas. Eight nations have asked that gifts to the Pope should be allowed to pass the Italian Custom houses duty free. This has been granted. The French em- bassy has brought to ths Vatican ths cases containing the objects ofart sent by President Grevy. This gift con slsts of a splendid work of at in the national Se9res manufact6ry. The vase, which is called "tEs Vase of Mines, is in white porcelain, mar bled with beautiful grain, with orn- aments In red flowers of extremely delicate tints. The whole rests upon base of gilded bronze. Besides this, there is an inkstand, very artistieallY wrought in sea,blue SeVres, with gold ornaments most tastefully designed, and surmounted by a figure of Miner va-a special hotiia9e from the Presi- dent of the French republic to the wise pontiff whose pen has traced the noble encyclical on France, "Nobilis- sima Gallorum gems"